This sounds a little grim to me

Florida Lawyers Offering Free Living Wills to Teachers Returning to School During Pandemic – NECN

https://nbcnews.to/3jFfCXJ

Why spend $15M on a newspaper…

Senate passes defense bill without funding for Stars and Stripes - U.S. - Stripes

The Senate's version of the NDAA, which passed 86-14, contains no language reversing the Pentagon's February request to strip the roughly $15.5 million annual subsidy that the editorially independent news organization receives.

https://bit.ly/3hzUL6h

…when you can only get $21M to figure out if an OTC antacid pill will help COVID-19 patients (apparently, it won't)?

https://bit.ly/3jE0Ikz

(Don't worry. None of this has to make any sense.)

He's really not all there, is he

Joe Biden calls Trump the country's 'first' racist president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country's "first" racist president.

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A place to sit in the shade

I've never been to Portland but I'm pretty sure it's not Chicago

Trump, Barr Expand Anti-crime Surge to Chicago, Albuquerque – NECN

https://bit.ly/2ZRrK03

That time of year again

Caution: This is worth a watch

MIT releases deepfake video of 'Nixon' announcing NASA Apollo 11 disaster - CNET

https://cnet.co/2WIkod9

Almost makes you nostalgic for Tricky Dick, doesn't it?

More to the point, it vividly illustrates why the sayings, "seeing is believing," is no longer true.

Last stop

Coronavirus Reaches Remote Massachusetts Island – NECN

The island between Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay has about 20 year-round residents, according to the town's website, which swells to about 400 during the summer.

https://bit.ly/2WC4vFi

Everything is backward all day

Back in northern Minnesota where I went to high school we used to say that every year we had nine months of winter and three months of soft ice.

Here in New England we have nine months of winter and three months of work on the street in front of the house. Today, whatever they're doing has to be done in reverse, it seems, because those beepy backup warnings on the trucks have.been going full blast all day.

It's only Monday and already I'm looking forward to the weekend, when we have only lawnmowers to contend with.

Always there's a mom

The Twitter breach was worse than it looked. That's raising big security questions. - The Washington Post

A new report from the New York Times indicates that the hack was the work of a group of young people, including one who still lives at home with his mom.

https://wapo.st/2CRrOUm

If you're not feeling gloomy enough already, we can help

Here's a pretty interesting analysis…

Election 2020: Russia Cares, China Doesn't - Foreign Policy Research Institute

https://www.fpri.org/fie/election-2020-russia-china/

…that ends with this paragraph:

"Finally, Russia and China will collectively undermine confidence in U.S. democracy, but headed into the polls in November, the biggest threats on election day 2020 will be domestic rather than foreign. As noted last year, what could Russia or China do at this point that America is not already doing to itself? For Putin and Xi, it's easier to ride the American tide of democratic destruction than make the wave."

What would the word, "curated," mean in this context?

Stuff in black boxes, maybe? I have no idea.

At the grocery store the other day…

…a place everyone knows is the source of all useful knowledge…a guy told me that with all this global warming going on it's only a matter of time before the Earth is as hot as Mars. How much time, he didn't say.

But no matter. If you (like me, I confess) ever fantasized about traveling to Mars, this will save you a whole lot of money. 

So you can splurge on a new pair of shorts.

Also got himself a lot more space on the subway!

Doctor suddenly quit showering — and gave his skin a new lease on life
He tossed the shampoo and conditioner. He quit soap altogether, except for hand-washing. He stopped using deodorant, moisturizer, exfoliant and every other personal-care product.

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Who could possibly

Ghislaine Maxwell thinks Epstein was murdered, fears same fate: report

https://bit.ly/2Cuu04h

I know. But at least it's not about Trump. (Yet.)